Garden · Birkenhead · Merseyside

Birkenhead Park

Birkenhead Park is a public park in Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside. It holds the status of a Tentative World Heritage Site. Top of the 59 other places within 15 km is Walker Art Gallery, 4.5 km off.

Photo: Birkenhead Park, Rodhullandemu (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Birkenhead

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Garden in Birkenhead

Inside Birkenhead

Birkenhead Park is inside Birkenhead’s built-up area, with 34 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Tentative World Heritage Site

On the official list of protected heritage; Birkenhead has 295 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

June to September are the warmest in Birkenhead, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C.

Jan8° / 3°65 mm

Feb8° / 3°52 mm

Mar10° / 4°48 mm

Apr13° / 6°52 mm

May16° / 9°52 mm

Jun19° / 12°62 mm

Jul20° / 14°66 mm

Aug20° / 14°73 mm

Sep18° / 12°74 mm

Oct14° / 9°83 mm

Nov11° / 6°79 mm

Dec8° / 3°81 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Birkenhead, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Birkenhead. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Birkenhead’s full climate →

About

Birkenhead Park

Articles on it exist in 6 languages.

Birkenhead’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Listed: Tentative World Heritage Site
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Birkenhead

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Birkenhead Park on the map

Orange shows Birkenhead Park; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Bases near Birkenhead Park

With 506,564 people, Liverpool is the largest of the 8. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Birkenhead

109,854 people · 49 places to visit

2 · 1.2 km northwest of it

Wallasey

85,619 people · 43 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km southeast of it

Bebington

57,607 people · 49 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km east of it

Liverpool

506,564 people · 61 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Birkenhead Park is	People	Places to visit
Birkenhead	It’s in town	109,854	49
Wallasey	1.2 km northwest of it	85,619	43
Bebington	3.1 km southeast of it	57,607	49
Liverpool	3.1 km east of it	506,564	61
Greasby	4.6 km west of it	9,175	2
Heswall	4.7 km southwest of it	29,082	5
Barnston	5 km southwest of it	661	6
Bootle	9.2 km northeast of it	53,722	39

Make a day of it

Close to Birkenhead Park

3 art galleries, 3 museums and 2 cathedrals are among the 59 within 15 km.

Art galleryWalker Art Gallery4.5 km away · 338K visitors a year 2

Big drawArt galleryTate Liverpool3.2 km away · 540K visitors a year 3

CathedralLiverpool Cathedral4.5 km away 4

CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King5 km away 5

Big drawMuseumMerseyside Maritime Museum3.3 km away · 945K visitors a year 6

Big drawMuseumWorld Museum Liverpool4.3 km away · 606K visitors a year 7

MuseumU-boat Story2.1 km away 8

Art galleryLady Lever Art Gallery5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Birkenhead Park

Where is Birkenhead Park?

Birkenhead Park is in Birkenhead, Merseyside, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Birkenhead Park?

Public park in Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Birkenhead Park?

June to September are the warmest months in Birkenhead, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Birkenhead Park a listed building?

Yes: Tentative World Heritage Site.

What else is there to see near Birkenhead Park?

Within 15 km: Walker Art Gallery (4.5 km), Tate Liverpool (3.2 km), Liverpool Cathedral (4.5 km) and Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (5 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Birkenhead Park: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Walker Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Liverpool: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Liverpool Cathedral: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Merseyside Maritime Museum: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
World Museum Liverpool: User:Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
U-boat Story: Paul adams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Lady Lever Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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